# 2007 Atlantic Championship

The 2007 Champ Car Atlantic Season was the thirty-third Champ Car Atlantic season, its sixth season as the prime feeder series for the Champ Car World Series. It began on April 8, 2007 and ended on August 12 after 12 races. The champion was Raphael Matos driving for Sierra Sierra Enterprises.

## Teams and drivers

The following teams and drivers competed in the 2007 Champ Car Atlantic season. All teams used the Swift 016.a chassis powered by a Mazda-Cosworth 2.3 liter inline-4 engine and Cooper tires.
| Team | No | Drivers | Rounds |
| Jensen MotorSport | 2 | Tom Sutherland | All |
| Jensen MotorSport | 13 | Frankie Muniz | All |
| Jensen MotorSport | 22 | Dominick Muermans | 1–2 |
| Jensen MotorSport | 22 | Steve Ott | 11 |
| Red Bull Team Forsythe | 3 | Robert Wickens | All |
| Red Bull Team Forsythe | 7 | John Edwards | All |
| US RaceTronics | 4 | David Garza | All |
| US RaceTronics | 24 | Carl Skerlong | All |
| Walker Racing | 5 | Simona de Silvestro | All |
| Walker Racing | 15 | Ryan Lewis | 4–12 |
| Sierra Sierra Enterprises | 6 | Raphael Matos | All |
| Sierra Sierra Enterprises | 9 | James Hinchcliffe | All |
| Brooks Associates Racing | 8 | Jiang Tengyi | 1–3 |
| Brooks Associates Racing | 10 | Joe D'Agostino | 2–3 |
| Brooks Associates Racing | 10 | Kevin Lacroix | 4–10, 12 |
| Brooks Associates Racing | 10 | Ronnie Bremer | 11 |
| Condor Motorsports | 11 | Franck Perera | All |
| Condor Motorsports | 16 | Junior Strous | All |
| Condor Motorsports | 19 | Brian Thienes | All |
| Polestar Racing Group | 12 | Ronnie Bremer | 1–6 |
| Polestar Racing Group | 21 | Bret MacDonald | 1–6 |
| Genoa Racing | 17 | Adrian Carrio | All |
| Genoa Racing | 37 | Richard Heistand | 1–7, 9–12 |
| Conquest Racing | 18 | Giacomo Ricci | All |
| Conquest Racing | 44 | Matt Lee | All |
| Alan Sciuto Racing | 20 | Alan Sciuto | All |
| PR1 Motorsports | 23 | Jonathan Bomarito | All |
| PR1 Motorsports | 32 | Mike Forest | All |
| Mathiasen Motorsports | 26 | Justin Sofio | All |
| Gelles Racing | 30 | Luis Mussi | 2–3 |
| Newman Wachs Racing | 34 | Tõnis Kasemets | 12 |
| Newman Wachs Racing | 36 | J. R. Hildebrand | All |
| Paladin Motorsports | 45 | Adrien Herberts | 2–10 |
| Paladin Motorsports | 45 | Natacha Gachnang | 11 |
| The Room Store | 49 | Dan Selznick | 1–2, 4–5 |

## Schedule

| Rd | Date | Race name | Track | Location |
| 1 | April 8 | Vegas Atlantic Grand Prix | Streets of Las Vegas | Las Vegas, Nevada |
| 2 | April 15 | Imperial Capital Bank Grand Prix of Long Beach | Streets of Long Beach | Long Beach, California |
| 3 | April 22 | Fast Trac 100 at the Grand Prix of Houston | JAGFlo Speedway at Reliant Park | Houston, Texas |
| 4 | June 9 | Atlantic Grand Prix of Portland | Portland International Raceway | Portland, Oregon |
| 5 | June 10 | Atlantic Grand Prix of Portland | Portland International Raceway | Portland, Oregon |
| 6 | June 24 | Atlantic Grand Prix of Cleveland | Burke Lakefront Airport | Cleveland, Ohio |
| 7 | July 1 | Atlantic Grand Prix of Mont-Tremblant | Circuit Mont-Tremblant | Saint-Jovite, Quebec |
| 8 | July 8 | Steelback Atlantic Grand Prix | Exhibition Place | Toronto, Ontario |
| 9 | July 21 | Atlantic Grand Prix of Edmonton | Edmonton City Centre Airport | Edmonton, Alberta |
| 10 | July 22 | Atlantic Grand Prix of Edmonton | Edmonton City Centre Airport | Edmonton, Alberta |
| 11 | July 29 | Atlantic Grand Prix of San Jose | Streets of San Jose | San Jose, California |
| 12 | August 12 | Generac Atlantic Grand Prix | Road America | Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin |
The Denver Grand Prix was cancelled by Champ Car

## Race results

| Rd | Track | Pole Position | Fastest Lap | Race winner | Race winner |
| Rd | Track | Pole Position | Fastest Lap | Driver | Team |
| 1 | Streets of Las Vegas | Robert Wickens | Robert Wickens | Raphael Matos | Sierra Sierra Enterprises |
| 2 | Streets of Long Beach | Raphael Matos | Raphael Matos | Raphael Matos | Sierra Sierra Enterprises |
| 3 | JAGFlo Speedway at Reliant Park | Raphael Matos | Carl Skerlong | Raphael Matos | Sierra Sierra Enterprises |
| 4 | Portland International Raceway | James Hinchcliffe | Jonathan Bomarito | Robert Wickens | Forsythe Racing |
| 5 | Portland International Raceway | James Hinchcliffe | James Hinchcliffe | Kevin Lacroix | Brooks Associates Racing |
| 6 | Burke Lakefront Airport | Raphael Matos | James Hinchcliffe | Raphael Matos | Sierra Sierra Enterprises |
| 7 | Circuit Mont-Tremblant | Franck Perera | Carl Skerlong | Franck Perera | Condor Motorsports |
| 8 | Exhibition Place | Raphael Matos | Franck Perera | Franck Perera | Condor Motorsports |
| 9 | Edmonton City Centre Airport | James Hinchcliffe | Franck Perera | Raphael Matos | Sierra Sierra Enterprises |
| 10 | Edmonton City Centre Airport | Raphael Matos | Alan Sciuto | Raphael Matos | Sierra Sierra Enterprises |
| 11 | Streets of San Jose | Jonathan Bomarito | Robert Wickens | Jonathan Bomarito | PR1 Motorsports |
| 12 | Road America | Franck Perera | Alan Sciuto | Franck Perera | Condor Motorsports |

## Championship standings
### Drivers' Championship
#### Scoring system

| Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | 11th | 12th | 13th | 14th | 15th | 16th | 17th | 18th | 19th | 20th |
| Points | 31 | 27 | 25 | 23 | 21 | 19 | 17 | 15 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
* The fastest driver in each qualifying session was awarded one additional point.
* The driver who set the fastest lap in a race was awarded one additional point
* The driver that gained the most positions from his starting spot was awarded one additional point.
| Pos | Driver | LVG | LBH | HOU | POR | POR | CLE | MTT | TOR | EDM | EDM | SAN | ROA | Points |
| 1 | Raphael Matos | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 341 |
| 2 | Franck Perera RY | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 310 |
| 3 | Robert Wickens R | 2 | 3 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 255 |
| 4 | James Hinchcliffe | 4 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 3 | Ret | 3 | 9 | Ret | 14 | 224 |
| 5 | Jonathan Bomarito | 3 | 2 | 4 | 24 | 7 | Ret | 4 | Ret | 14 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 207 |
| 6 | Giacomo Ricci R | Ret | 6 | 8 | 11 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Ret | 5 | 188 |
| 7 | J. R. Hildebrand R | Ret | Ret | 7 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 9 | Ret | Ret | 5 | 15 | 9 | 140 |
| 8 | Alan Sciuto | 7 | Ret | 6 | 7 | Ret | 9 | 12 | 6 | Ret | 4 | 7 | 20 | 140 |
| 9 | John Edwards R | Ret | 4 | 12 | 21 | Ret | 19 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 8 | Ret | 8 | 125 |
| 10 | Carl Skerlong R | Ret | 9 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 12 | 19 | Ret | Ret | Ret | 17 | 3 | 114 |
| 11 | Justin Sofio | 9 | 10 | 11 | 14 | 18 | 10 | 14 | 8 | 10 | 19 | 8 | 15 | 112 |
| 12 | Ryan Lewis | | | | 3 | 5 | Ret | 13 | 5 | 9 | 13 | Ret | 10 | 107 |
| 13 | Kevin Lacroix R | | | | 15 | 1 | 14 | 8 | Ret | 18 | 7 | | 6 | 105 |
| 14 | Junior Strous R | 6 | 13 | DNS | 9 | 8 | 13 | Ret | Ret | DNS | DNS | 5 | Ret | 92 |
| 15 | Ronnie Bremer | 8 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 13 | 7 | | | | | 9 | | 92 |
| 16 | Matt Lee R | 10 | 11 | 17 | 19 | 15 | 18 | 10 | Ret | 12 | 12 | Ret | 12 | 79 |
| 17 | David Garza R | Ret | 24 | 14 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 15 | 10 | 8 | 20 | 18 | Ret | 78 |
| 18 | Adrian Carrio R | Ret | 12 | 13 | 17 | Ret | Ret | 16 | Ret | 7 | DSQ | 6 | 11 | 77 |
| 19 | Simona de Silvestro R | Ret | Ret | 15 | 16 | 16 | 11 | 7 | Ret | 13 | Ret | 10 | 22 | 69 |
| 20 | Adrien Herberts R | | 15 | 19 | 13 | 14 | Ret | 17 | Ret | 11 | 15 | | | 51 |
| 21 | Tom Sutherland R | Ret | 14 | Ret | Ret | 17 | 15 | Ret | Ret | Ret | 14 | 13 | 16 | 43 |
| 22 | Frankie Muniz R | Ret | 19 | 21 | 22 | 20 | Ret | Ret | 9 | 17 | 16 | 11 | 18 | 41 |
| 23 | Mike Forest R | 11 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 19 | Ret | 18 | Ret | Ret | 17 | 16 | 13 | 41 |
| 24 | Brian Thienes R | 12 | 17 | 23 | 20 | 21 | 17 | 20 | Ret | 15 | 18 | 14 | 19 | 38 |
| 25 | Richard Heistand R | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | 16 | Ret | | 16 | 11 | 12 | 21 | 29 |
| 26 | Luis Mussi R | | 20 | 16 | | | | | | | | | | 6 |
| 27 | Joe D'Agostino | | 16 | 20 | | | | | | | | | | 6 |
| 28 | Dominick Muermans R | Ret | 22 | | | | | | | | | | | 5 |
| 29 | Tõnis Kasemets | | | | | | | | | | | | 17 | 4 |
| 30 | Dan Selznick | Ret | Ret | | Ret | 24 | | | | | | | | 2 |
| 31 | Bret McDonald R | Ret | 21 | Ret | 23 | 22 | 20 | | | | | | | 2 |
| 32 | Jiang Tengyi R | Ret | 23 | 22 | | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| 33 | Steve Ott R | | | | | | | | | | | Ret | | 0 |
| 34 | Natacha Gachnang R | | | | | | | | | | | DNS | | 0 |
| Pos | Driver | LVG | LBH | HOU | POR | POR | CLE | MTT | TOR | EDM | EDM | SAN | ROA | Points |
| Color | Result |
| Gold | Winner |
| Silver | 2nd place |
| Bronze | 3rd place |
| Green | 4th & 5th place |
| Light Blue | 6th–10th place |
| Dark Blue | Finished (Outside Top 10) |
| Purple | Did not finish |
| Red | Did not qualify (DNQ) |
| Brown | Withdrawn (Wth) |
| Black | Disqualified (DSQ) |
| White | Did not start (DNS) |
| Blank | Did not participate (DNP) |
| Blank | Not competing |
In-line notation :
| Bold | Pole position (1 point) |
| Italics | Ran fastest race lap |
| * | Led race laps |
| ↑ | Improved the most places |
| R | Rookie |
| RY | Rookie of the Year |